Pfizer to Supply Israel With Vaccine for 4 Million People
Pfizer to Supply Israel With Vaccine for 4 Million People
(Bloomberg) --
Israel has reached an agreement with Pfizer Inc. to buy 8 million doses of its coronavirus vaccine, enough to innoculate 4 million people, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.
The aim is to receive the first batch of the shot in January, with larger amounts arriving in the following months, Netanyahu said. The timetable is dependent on health authority approval, both in the U.S. and in Israel, he said.
Israel has agreements with other companies that are also developing vaccines for the purchase of millions of additional doses, according to the prime minister.
“Our national task is to make it possible for every person in Israel to be vaccinated, every person who wants it, without exception,” Netanyahu said in remarks broadcast on radio and the Internet. More than 9 million people live in Israel, according to the Central Bureau of Statistics.
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